I agree with your review. One other point to make when playing with kids: You can balance the game by having the adult start with fewer tiles. Once you find the perfect number, you've got a perfectly balanced game, regardless of age or skill difference.
I really like Quoridor. it was one of the first abstract games i ever played. for me i honestly don't care how long a game takes as long the core gameplay is great, which it is. I take my time when i take my turns, I plan ahead of blocking my opponent and trying not to block myself. there is some depth to the game. I actually bought the game full price like 5 years ago for $35 Canadian (cause that's where I live) and, yes, it is pricey, but practically all abstract games are expensive and the pieces are good quality.
Haven't played as much abstracts as I'd like to, but Quoridor is the one I own and I love it. Perfect coffee table game and it's always cool to see what kind of "mazes" are created.
Sorry for the confusion. I do separate How to Play videos apart from my reviews so I generally won't spend as much time on exact rules as others do. However, I mention a couple of different times in the video that in order to win you must get your pawn to the opposite side of the board and movement is done by moving one space at a time orthogonally. Thanks for watching!
What if both pawns are facing each other, my pawn is still on my starting line, my wife's pawn is 1 square away from her finish line. Problem...there is a wall blocking her from going to the left, and there are no squares on her right. Can she jump my pawn, not landing on a square and win, or do we have a stalemate here?
I’m a big fan of abstracts, and I’m struggling to see what’s interesting about this one. Every game I’ve watched, the winner is evident way before the game ends.
It's not unusual in 2 player abstract games, for the game to reach a position where one player will inevitably lose. Often a player in this position will resign giving both players some time back in their lives. Chess even has the ritual of the resigning player knocking their king over to signal the resignation. Quoridor is a short game where the phase of the game where the outcome is in doubt may only be a few turns long. Due to the limited number of walls, that phase has a finite maximum number of turns.
